Tag Archives: Understanding

A Suffering of Purpose

Posted on December 22, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

A Suffering of Purpose by Michael Romani Suffering and injustice, as we live this Teach us empathy and forgiveness Acceptance, even when not sedate Is the path of living under divine fate All of us in our startling humanity Face … Continue reading →

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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Relate

Posted on December 19, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

She whispers, “(Y)ou know, I really hesitate To admit this, but, I can completely relate To that artist’s sense in what he displayed” I looked at the piece, and admit, I was afraid The look on my face must have … Continue reading →

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Time With the Harvard Classics – Samyutta-Nikaya

Posted on October 27, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Although Ally and I are Christians, we recognize the need to understand the ways of other people.  One of these ways is, of course, Buddhism.  Many around us are Buddhist.  For example, my step grandmother was a Buddhist from Okinawa.  … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Experts On the Public Good Are Often Wrong and Sometimes Dangerous

Posted on September 14, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“The greatest danger to liberty today comes from the men who are most needed and most powerful in modern government, namely, the efficient expert administrators exclusively concerned with what they regard as the public good.” —Friedrich August von Hayek (1899-1992) … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: True Friendship Rests On Understanding and Being Understood

Posted on July 13, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca The more that things change; the more they stay the same.  This is just as true today as it was … Continue reading →

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First Principles: A Juror Has A Duty to Follow the Juror’s Conscience

Posted on July 3, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“It is not only [the juror’s] right, but his duty…to find the verdict according to his own best understanding, judgment, and conscience, though in direct opposition to the direction of the court.” — John Adams, 1771 (2nd US President)    

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